Saxby Shetland Trad. Lore (1932), 63; used as a lullaby.This may be a traditional variant of a song reputedlycomposed by Patrick (Patie) Birnie (fl. 1700), a well-knownrhymer and musician of his day. [Ramsay's "Elegie on PatieBirnie" (1721) mentions this song.] He was a Fifer, and"practised the art of a violer at the burgh of Kinghorn"(Chambers). [Texts in (e.g.) Whitelaw BSS (1875), 128 (2versions), Ford VSB II.143 (collated), and with music inGreig Scots Minstrelsie, III.259.] It begins